White marks on your fingernails can be more than just a cosmetic concern; they can actually provide insights into your overall health. These marks, medically referred to as leukonychia, are common and ...

Spencer Kroll, MD, has a book on his shelf that he used in medical school. In it, there’s information about a once-common practice for doctors. When they’d shake the patient’s hand upon entering the ...

Do you ever get little white spots or streaks across your fingernails? A lot of people do. There's an old wives' tale about how the appearance of these marks indicates a calcium deficiency – a reason ...